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Anglo-Saxon

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swíþrian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 59, 14. Swýðrenda, prevalens, 12, 16. Add

ealdor-gewinna

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-gewinna, an; m. Vital adversary; adversārius qui vitæ insĭdiātur, Beo. Th. 5799; B. 2903: Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 10; Gá. 505.

gende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gende, = gengde,
  • Beo. Th. 2806
    • ;
  • B. 1401
. Grein however compares Icel. gana to rush.

cræftiga

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Ben. I. 94, 10. Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan in Róme, þǽr wæs samod .vi. hund cræftigena and xxii, and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce, Shrn. 146, 14. Be mynstres cræftigum ( artificibus ), R. Ben. 95, 2.

hrægel-þegn

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Ben. 91, 13. Be hrægelþénum gebróðra de vestiariis fratrum, R. Ben. I. 91, 9

bæc-ern

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Ben. I. 112, 15. Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere, swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 4. Kycenan and bæcernes (pistrinae), Angl. xiii. 441, 1087. On kycenon oðþe on mynstres bæcerne, R. Ben. 71, 18. Add

forht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
forht-líce, adv.

Fearfully ⬩ tremblingly ⬩ trĕpĭde

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Ben. interl. 5

niht-waru

(n.)
Grammar
niht-waru, e; f.

Night-wear

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Ben. 90, 4

Linked entry: waru

tender

(n.)
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Ben. Interl. 75, 17

Linked entry: tynder

un-fulworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fulworht, adj.

Unfinished ⬩ uncompleted ⬩ imperfect

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Ben. 20, 3

Linked entry: full-wyrcan

ealnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
ealnunga, adv.
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Ben. 68, 23

Linked entry: eallnunge

fór-þearlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 11, 19

hand-hwíl

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Ben. I. 24, 3. Tídum and handhwílum horis et momentis, Hy. S. 145, 5

eáþe

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Ben. 30, 9

reónung

(n.)
Grammar
reónung, e ;f.;

Whispering, muttering

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Ben. 62, 14

capitol

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Ben. 34, 1. Æfter geendunge þára þreora sealma sié án capitul (kapitol, R. Ben. I. 47, 9) gecweden recitetur lectio una, 41, 1. Sý ánes capitules rǽding gecweden lectio recitanda est, 11.

and-gitol

(adj.)
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Ben. 25, 15. Tó andgyttolre yldo ad intelligibilem aetatem, 117, 12. Add

Linked entry: and-getul

dihtung

(n.)
Grammar
dihtung, e; f.
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Ben. I. 54, 13

for-þringan

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Ben. 115, 7

be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
Similar entries
v. be-know
)
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

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